I’ve been poking at it for most of a (very busy) week and am stuck at 28 points. I started off in the research institute.
My current inventory:
You are carrying a business card, a long branch, five oranges, some gardening gloves, a brass hooded lantern (providing light), a small trowel, a flower guide, a small tin, a silver key, a pocket knife, a calendar, a 103 key, an ID card, a car key, a pair of binoculars, and a hammer. You’re wearing some clothes.
My current full score:
In 2317 moves, you have scored 28 of a possible 50 points. Your score consists of:
2 points for acquiring the gardening gloves from young Fay
1 point for lighting the hooded lantern
1 point for throwing the ball to Lieutenant
2 points for digging up the buried pocket knife
2 points for finding the grill in the car wreckage
3 points for bringing clean linens to Silas Holt
1 point for opening the trunk of the car
3 points for grilling the raw cod for Gregory Wright
3 points for unblocking the abandoned house front doors
2 points for helping Captain Morty with his boat problem
1 point for discovering the tree trunk carvings
3 points for collecting a bunch of buttercups
4 points for collecting a ghost pipe flower
Problems that are obviously open:
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The flower-gathering problem. I’ve managed to get the Indian pipes and the crow’s feet, and I’ve found the marigolds, but I can’t figure out how to get them. I’ve tried GET FLOWERS, PICK MARIGOLD, CUT MARIGOLD WITH KNIFE, and several other things all with no success. Do I need to distract the security guard or something?
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Getting the newspaper clippings. I can smash the display cases with a hammer, but that gets me arrested pretty quickly. There must be a way to retrieve them without getting arrested, no?
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Getting the bouquet of roses. I can get out to them on the captain’s boat, but they’re out of reach. Nothing I’ve tried throwing at them manages to retrieve them.
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Getting into the mayor’s office. I’ve got access to room 103 and have retrieved the silver key, but trying to get into the office gets me arrested. Dr Hughes hasn’t offered or tried to follow me around and I’m not sure what else I need to do to to get her to do so.
- Climbing the cliff above the wreckage site. (Assuming this isn’t a false trail.)
Areas I haven’t been able to access: the chapel, the mayor’s office, the lighthouse beyond the exhibition area, the upstairs part of Fay’s house, the store and whatever other building is east of North Street, whatever’s behind the boulder on the cliff, the upper floors of the research facility, anything on the ground floor of the research facility besides what’s immediately available from that particular beginning of the game.
Current map showing where I’ve been and (most of) what I’ve seen:
